St Bernards High School - Bernardian Yearbook (Fitchburg, MA)

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The old... yielding place toynewrs he Henry T. Page house, at the corner of Summer and Harvard Streets, is one of the old houses of Fitchburg. To- day it has been combined with the Cookman house, at the corner of Summer and Goodrich streets and is the convent of our teaching Sisters. The link connecting them is now used for two temporary classrooms. Dale Bresnahan, Linda LeBlanc, Jane Cote, Sheila Mammone, Suzanne Plette, Arline Audet, at the convent door. Pe | va i “f LS pain wers The old look has yielded place to the new—gone are the wide verandas, the Ionic pillars, and the ornamental wooden fence. When the school was built in 1926 the large stable had to go and also the rose garden. The elderly Mrs. Page did not yield to the new order of the automobile but still continued to ride in her coach driven by a liveried coachman. Linda LeBlanc and Dale Bresnahan on the landing of the ma- hogany staircase; Jane Cote before one of the eight large fireplaces.

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We look back, revolving many memories’ Long stood Sir Bedivere revolving many memories. King Arthur was gone and the Round Table dissolved and he the last of the knights saw the days and years darken around him among new men, strange faces, other minds. But our looking backward is not gloomy, for we face the future with hope and courage. At last, the day of days arrived, when we left grammar school behind us, and faced a new horizon of high school days, with bright and unclouded hopes for the four happy years unfolding out before us. We were 293, the largest class ever to be enrolled at SBHS. We must confess it was a bit bewildering when we saw so many new faces and won- dered if we would ever know them ll. a» % % S498 A H4 SPPREVEDS se We faced something new and different in the Diocesan Declamation Con- test at the beginning of our first year at SBHS. But we accepted the challenge offered as seen by the large number of the class who were contestants: Lorraine Addorisio, Robert Bourque, Stephen Brodeur, Nancy Byrnes, Paulette Chapdelaine, Katherine Coughlin, John DiNatale, Katheryn Dovidio, Maria Dovidio, Janice Flanagan, Maureen Flathers, Paula Fletcher, Andre Gor- don, Kathleen Hassett, Maryellen Hurley, Helen Mack. Other entrants were Donald Morse, Roann Norton, James O'Malley, Carol Pirone, Eileen Quinn, Maryann Szymanski, Linda Tocci, Karyn Turbide, Maryjo Williams. Linda Ledden and John Walsh represented the freshmen at the school eliminations on October 7. Soon enrolled in the Sodality were Mary Conlon, Patricia Dextraze, Mau- reen Flathers, Diane Marcy, Maryann Szymanski. Joining the Booster Club were Jeannie Antonini, Katherine Bell, Nancy Byrnes, Kathleen Flynn, Mary- ellen Hurley, Jane Lavin, Linda Ledden, Roann Norton, Kathleen Small.